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If you don't wish to use the Drive Lock feature, you can safely disable the VCD. The VCD cannot be disabled if you wish to use the Drive Lock feature. Depending on your model of drive the content of the VCD will vary, however it will always contain the WD Unlocker application, and it appears on the screen each time you connect your WD drive to the computer. On your My Passport or My Book hard drive is a small portion of drive space which has been used to create a Virtual CD (VCD) which appears on your computer as an actual CD volume.

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How to Disable/Enable VCD with SmartWare Installed in Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, or Windows XP

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Mac OSX 10.5.x (Leopard), 10.6.x (Snow Leopard), 10.7.x (Lion), and 10.8.x (Mountain Lion) without using WD SmartWare Mac OSX 10.5.x (Leopard), 10.6.x (Snow Leopard), 10.7.x (Lion), and 10.8.x (Mountain Lion) using WD SmartWare Windows 10, 8.1, 8, 7, Vista and XP without using WD SmartWare Windows 10, 8.1, 8, 7, Vista and XP using WD SmartWare If this option does not appear, then you can't disable or enable the VCD on your specific model drive.

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The software will only show the Enable/Disable VCD option if the drive supports it.Because there is no VCD, these instructions do not apply to the product. Network drives such as the My Book Live family or My Cloud family which include the WD SmartWare software do not have a VCD.

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How to install WD SmartWare on a Windows PC. You can download a copy of SmartWare from our website.

Once the VCD is disabled you will be unable to access the WD SmartWare installer on the VCD image (on older model drives).

Current versions of the VCD are only about 20 MB in size- this is about the size of a few pictures. There is no way to remove it from the disk.

The Virtual CD manager only disables the VCD image.

WD Smartware has reached it's end of support life cycle.įor more details, please refer to Answer ID 30039 WD Smartware End of Support and Answer ID 28740 WD Product Software Support Statusīefore following these instructions, there are several things you need to consider: IMPORTANT: WD Smartware End of Support Notice! Please note that this is different from uninstalling the WD SmartWare software from the computer.*END I expect their logic will be that this "feature" is designed to "protect us" from accidentally erasing their very useful software.This answer explains how to disable/hide the WD SmartWare VCD on a My Book or My Passport drive using either Windows or Mac OSX. I have emailed WD, but so far have not received an answer. (I don't know if it makes a difference, but by default I have my CD and DVD preferences, in System Preferences, set to "do nothing" when a CD or DVD is inserted.) So, now at least it pops up on a part of the desktop that I don't really look at. So I have dragged the irritating "WD Smartware" CD icon to the far left of my screen (where I tend to keep other junk). Since Leopard, OSX remembers the position of drives and disks on the desktop. While waiting for a proper solution (ie a way to zap this firmware) I have one tiny workaraound that makes it a bit less annoying for me on my Mac. This makes it hard to share the drive with others, for sending files over to a client for instance.

I think it is even worse for Windows users - when the drive is plugged into a Windows machine the "Found New Hardware" wizard pops up, just for the Virtual CD. I can't understand why WD would include such an obviously annoying feature with such a good product.

The silly thing is that apart from this, the drive is amazing. Hopefully WD will release a removal tool in the near future. I searched around the internet and couldn't find a solution. Even if I eject this virtual CD disk, it pops back again instantly. Like the others, I have tried to format it to remove the annoying "WD Smartware" but it keeps popping up on the desktop. I have just bought the 1TB version of WD's Passport drive. Answer warnings about erasing all data and continueĪfter I was done the virtual drive was gone and so was Smartware - good luck. Then check the box next to the partition and click NEXT Then highlight "WD MY PASSPORT." and click NEXT Select REFORMAT PARTITIONS and click "NEXT." From the opening screen choose UTILITIES. If you can get a hold of it and install it: It found my usb passport drive and fixed the problem.

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I installed it on my PC and ran the program. It's WD's diagnostic/setup software for their drives.

I have a utility cd that came with an internal WD harddrive I installed a couple of years ago - DATA LIFEGUARD TOOL Version 11.3. Remove the Smartware on a PC, then make the drive ready for your mac. I assume in this forum you are on a Mac - maybe this will help you. I didn't find any help from searching google, but I did find you post and thought I'd let you know what I did. This may work for other passports and My Books. I'm just got rid of the smartware from my Passport Essential 500GB.